Nalo Hopkinson is first black woman and youngest winner of Grand Master award By Melody Friedenthal Last month Nalo Hopkinson became the first black woman to win the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for her lifetime achievements in science fiction and fantasy writing. “It was the last thing IRead More →
Galactic Civilizations 3 is free from Epic this week By Maria Korolov Every Thursday, Epic offers a PC game for free. Yesterday that was Stardock Games’ Galactic Civilizations 3, a critically-acclaimed, popular game that’s like Sid Meier’s Civilization, but in space. Other differences include the fact that you can playRead More →
If you’re hoping or fearing that new technology can put you in a Matrix-style virtual environment — it’s not happening in 2021, judging by what we saw at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show.Read More →
Climate-focused short story contest offers $8,700 in prizes By Maria Korolov Grist, a publication that focuses on climate, sustainability and social justice has announced a contest for short stories that focus on climate change. Entry is free, the deadline is April 12, and the short stories should be between 3,000Read More →
Experts: Ethics a must in AI By Alex Korolov Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming a part of our daily lives, both in the workplace and at home. Some AI experts are stressing the need to focus on making AI ethical and keeping it human friendly. Bias in programming, security concerns,Read More →
Best AI startups of 2020 By Jennifer Vickery The global artificial intelligence market is expected to grow by 46.2% from 2019 to 2025. That type of growth can’t be matched by almost any other industry in the world. Artificial intelligence solutions are particularly relevant for the IT, healthcare, automotive, andRead More →
Five speculative fiction authors killing it on Instagram By Alex Korolov Wondering what some of your favorite fantasy, horror, and sci-fi writers have been up to on Instagram? Here’s a short but sweet list of popular speculative fiction author’s Instagram accounts, with four of them having a huge following onRead More →
AI expert: Don’t fear the robot apocalypse By Alex Korolov With talks of large companies investing in AI weapons, brain-chips being developed to enhance soldiers, and the head of the British armed forces saying that robot soldiers could make up a quarter of the army by the 2030s, people mightRead More →
Companies to up use of AR, VR in 2021 By David Kariuki Around 35 percent of businesses plan on implementing virtual or augmented reality technology in 2021 according to a recently published research report by GetApp, involving 700 small and medium business leaders from around the world. According to theRead More →
Iceland will celebrate New Year’s Eve with a live and fully virtual concert with Northern Lights and fireworks guaranteed.Read More →
New app turns your room into a 3D workspace By Alex Korolov You can now join virtual meetings in any location and see avatars of coworkers or friends. The VR and AR collaboration platform Spatial released a free AR app for iOS and Android last week. Instead of using aRead More →
Sales of virtual reality hardware and software will grow at double-digits rates over the next four years, according to a report by ARtillery Intelligence.Read More →
Top 3 VR Headsets for Half Life: Alyx By Ryan Anderson Half Life: Alyx is the 2020\’s VR game of the year. If you want to play the game the best way, we’ve put together a guide to the best VR headset for Half Life: Alyx. What is Half Life:Read More →
2020 has been a challenging year and nobody could be blamed if they were looking for a little reprieve from reality. One outlet that’s gained in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic is virtual reality or VR.Read More →
Developers can now create apps controlled by a user’s thoughts. Yup, you can operate computers, lights, TVs, music, games with your mind — as long as you’ve got a little lighter-sized device strapped to your head.Read More →
A new virtual reality camera was successfully delivered to the International Space Station today and will allow the astronauts to film spacewalks in VR.Read More →
“Garden of Eden,” the first in a series of three live VR art explorations, concerts, and shows organized by HBO, kicks off today at 10 p.m. Eastern time on VRChat, a social VR platform.Read More →
Sci-fi and fantasy author Brandon Sanderson’s “Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy” lectures are up on YouTube — 13 in all, each about an hour long. They were recorded this spring during a writing class he was teaching for Brigham Young University.Read More →
‘Oumuamua, a weird interstellar object that was discovered passing through our solar system in 2017, might be alien after all.Read More →
According to new research, it’s possible that we could have wormholes large and stable enough for humans to be able to travel to distant stars.Read More →
Living on the surface of the Moon, or of Mars, is dangerous. The lack of a protective atmosphere means that radiation is a constant hazard, for example. Lava tubes can be the solution, scientists say.Read More →
Flash fiction submission deadline is November 1.Read More →
New York Times bestselling author N. K. Jemisin’s short story Emergency Skin was named the winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Short Novelette.Read More →
A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine, wins the 2020 Hugo Award for best novel.Read More →
Short story contest opens Sept. 1 Submit your workRead More →
Submit your book excerpt Do you have a fantasy, horror or science fiction book that just came out, or is about to come out? Send us an excerpt of your book, with an illustration, and links to where people can find out more.Read More →